John Deere 318 322 332 Custom 3 Point Hitch with Hydraulic Top Link

A quick look at a system that has no business being on a tractor this small. A bit of a novelty, maybe, but it is useful. Feel free to comment about products that work for you.
Listed here are the items I said I would link.
Auxiliary Hydraulic Rear Hydraulic Kit www.auxhyd.com/Rear-Hydraulic...
Pat's Quick Hitch www.ruralking.com/pats-quick-...
Grizzley Hydraulic Top Link www.agrisupply.com/top-link-c...
Ruegg 3 Point Hitch www.rueggmfg.com/hitchkits.php

[@tylerkrieger912]

Thank you for sharing. Very cool set up! I would like to get a 3 point for my 318 and this gave me a bunch of ideas to make certain implements more useful with that extra range of motion on demand. I'm thinking you could have a small cart body mounted on the 3 pt for material handling and use this for a dump function. This would add some curl ability and more adjustments to a ripper shank or a dirt scoop as well. I think I'm going to try it.

[@FloridaDeere]

It's a little pricey, but I'm only buying once and hope to make good use of it. It sounds like you have come up with many more uses than me so far. Thanks for watching.

[@paulflanagan3946]

Looks awesome thanks for the links it really helps with sourcing different parts and pieces. A neighbor just gave me a JD 345 would that setup work on a 345. TIA

[@FloridaDeere]

No it would not, the 345, while an excellent tractor is a belt driven, closed frame tractor. It's hydraulics are basically limited to deck height, PS and transmission. The early 300 series (318 to 332) is what you'd use this set up on. You could also set it up on an erly 300 series too, like a 300, 316 or 317. They would come with a different 3 point hitch and a different rear hydraulic kit. This will not really work on 312'a, 314's, 316's with an Onan and 330's. All of those have one circuit hydraulics, while the aforementioned machines have two hydraulic circuits. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching.